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Old 02-03-2006, 12:50 PM
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The recent thread about de-cladding an SSEi has got me wondering.....
How do you all think my car would look wothout the door moldings on it... ????

if they are just stick-on pieces im thinking i might just take them off....
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Photoshop it to see.

While you are there..shop a spoiler on the back...I'd like to know what it would have looked like.
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I don't know. Since they have matching "moldings" on the front and rear bumper, it might look odd.

I'm sure one of the Photoshoppers can hook you up with a preview, tho
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dumb because there is still the silver in the front and back bumper.
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Originally Posted by corvettecrazy
dumb because there is still the silver in the front and back bumper.
Psst..the whole car is silver..
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Originally Posted by corvettecrazy
dumb because there is still the silver in the front and back bumper.

thats another plan in the future, i want to strip the chrome off the front bumper and use a 02-05 rear bumper ( no chrome, and there is a small extra lip at the bottom )
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didnt they take off the mouldings off in the later years.....

where is that 00+ that Haro posted with the old guy driving???? it had the moulding removed
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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
didnt they take off the mouldings off in the later years.....

where is that 00+ that Haro posted with the old guy driving???? it had the moulding removed
that had aftermarket chrome trim panels in place of the moldings. its a bit hard to see thet they are there in that pic tho
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Just the door moulding gone.


All of the mouldings gone. I like it.
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got the link to the original thread? i cant find it (i did use the search function)
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